Name: Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch Layout designer: Kip Grant Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 12′-9″ x 18′-11″ Prototype: Delaware & Hudson Saratoga SubdivisionLocale: Eastern New YorkEra: early fall, 1962Style: walkaroundMainline run: 45 feetMinimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Name: Reading Co., Shamokin Division Layout designer: Jim Hertzog Scale: HO Size: 30′-6″ x 40′-0″ Prototype: Reading Co. Locale: eastern Pennsylvania Era: 1952-1957 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 285 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.6 percent Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Allegheny Midland (Coal Fork Extension) Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13 x 19 feet Prototype: free-lanced, based on coal branches of the Chesapeake & Ohio and Virgnian Period: 1957 Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6, handlaid to fit Originally appeared in the June 1998 issue of Model […]
Name: The Erie RR at Herbton Layout designer: Clay Deeds Scale: N (1:160) Size: 36″ x 80″ Prototype: Erie RR Locale: Northern Ohio Era: 1950s Style: tabletop Mainline run: 33 feet Minimum radius: 11″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Name: The Huron Terminal Layout designer: Mark Olstyn Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 16′-6″ Theme: urban switching Locale: freelanced, inner city Era: 1990s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 46 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
[…]
Name: Klondike Mines Ry. and Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1, three-foot gauge) Size: 14 x 25 feet Theme: gold mining Era: 1949 Style: multi-deck walkaround Mainline run: 200 feet (including helix) Minimum radius: 24″ narrow gauge, 30″ standard gauge Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 3 percent (1.5 percent in helix) Originally appeared […]
Name: Lakeside Lines RR Layout designer: Tom Harris Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 × 40 feet (plus staging) Prototype: freelanced, based on Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western Locale: eastern West Virginia Period: early summer, 1980 Mainline run: 146 feet Minimum turnout: no. 6 (yard), no. 8 (main) Maximum grade: 1 percent Click on […]
Name: Reading Co. Layout designer: Sy Diamond Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13′-6″ x 22′-0″ Prototype: Reading Co. Locale: eastern Pennsylvania Era: 1930s to early ’40s Style: walk-in with two liftout sections Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (yards and industries) Maximum grade: 2 percent Click on […]
Name: Central RR of New Jersey, Newark Branch Layout designer: Jonathan Jones Scale: N (1:160) Size: 6′-1¾” x 18′-9″ Prototype: Central RR of New Jersey Locale: Northern New Jersey Era: 1950s Style: shelf Mainline run: 15½ feet Minimum radius: 14″ (main), 12″ (industrial tracks) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Click on the link […]
[…]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody Grivno shows you some of the latest new products to arrive in the Model Railroader offices, including the new Digital Command Control (DCC) sound equipped Paragon2 Baldwin Centipede in HO scale from Broadway Limited Imports. Cody will also demonstrate how […]
